Lebanon (2009) starring an Israeli cast of unknowns. During the 1982 war with Lebanon, four young Israeli's are shown in the confines of the tank they are manning. They do not seem prepared for war. The gunner refuses to fire when ordered. The movie becomes increasingly claustrophobic as the members of the tank crew begin to argue among themselves. We never see the exterior of the tank, until the very end -- all the action takes place in the interior. This film just did not work for me. I never felt like I got to know the four crewmen of the tank. They were barely differentiated from one another. And the ending seemed very flat to me. There were some suspenseful moments, but not enough to add up to a coherent whole. The movie is mostly in Hebrew, with English subtitles. Grade: C
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